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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1903
Page
6
The article praises the Village Improvement Society for cleaner streets and urges members to sustain their primary purpose while addressing broader civic problems. It notes some people now spit on sidewalks after the ordinance and encourages the group to remain focused on constructive reform.
The board of health orders cleanup of filthy tack yards citywide with fines up to 50 dollars and 50 dollars per day for noncompliance. Property owners must keep sidewalks gutters clear while the street crew continues work. Subscribers are urged to provide accurate post office addresses for rural routes and to notify publishers of changes to avoid missed deliveries. The M E church Home Missionary society hosts a supper in the lecture room from five to eight tonight.
Local brief notes report numerous visitors and residents of Athens County making rounds in McConnelsville Chauncey Rainbow and surrounding towns. Names include O W Hembry J M Foster Thos E Peden George Black and E H Brawley among others with travel to Columbus Akron Salem and Albany.
A modern essay discusses how the feminine fib blends white lies and a Chinese lie to entertain at tea tables and social gossip. It stresses the need for memory to avoid exposure and warns that a habit of deception damages credibility and trust.
Miss Fay Smith returned home from a visit in Clarksburg West Virginia. Mrs Thomas Foster of Tunnel and Mrs Anna Stewart of Athens with two children Helen and Margarite of Springfield spent time with relatives. Mrs Mary Chevalier of Iowa guests of her mother Mary Scott. Arthur Vorhes hosted a gathering for his Cleveland brother. Will Copeland and family visiting his father Dr Copeland. Addie Zimmerman visiting Athens. Harvey Copeland traveling west for a few weeks.
Local notes show Miss Martha Frank and Miss Edna Light visiting relatives in Doyletown and Athens while Miss Carrie Fuller stays with her parents in Guysville. Other residents travel to New England, Orbiston, Nelsonville, and Parkersburg. A quarterly M E church meeting occurs with Rev. Bishop preaching in Ath ens. Several attend Mrs Hoskinson’s funeral in South Canaan.
An advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and not local ear applications. It promises a $100 reward for any case of deafness due to catarrh not cured by Hall's renowned Cure and urges sending for circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. The pitch ends by noting Druggists sell Hall's Family Pills at 75 cents.
Farmers are urged to obtain buckwheat seed at Barth's Athens Mill. The notice highlights Barth's as a local supplier for agricultural needs.
Marriage License records show Mathew Clowes and Minnie Barnheart of Buchtel. Walter T. Sanders and Agusta McCune of Trimble. Joseph Norris of Gaysville and Edna E. Kelley of Judson. A R McKinstry and Gussie Jourden of Athens. R L Milbourn of Columbus and Estella P. Porter of Athens. Luther Mathews of Derthick and Mary Boal of Glouster. Charley Flowers of Glouster and Sadie Thompson of Oakdale.
Reduced round trip tickets available daily to northern Michigan fishing grounds with a return limit of twelve days after sale. Inquiries through Ohio Central Lines agents. G P A Moulton Houk Toledo Ohio. Also noting the American Bible Society distributed 1,993,558 Bibles last year, its 87th year, bringing total Bible distributions to 72,670,783.
The Fund of drinking advertises a fountain offering popular beverages said to be pure wholesome and delicious. It invites readers to refresh themselves and quench thirst at the fountain, claiming long history of beverage improvement from Noah's time.
In a farewell note C B Sloane announces retirement after 32 years in Athens mercantile trade. He passes the business to J D Raw & Co of Warren Ohio with E G Eaton continuing to run affairs for a period. Raw plans to move and Eaton will oversee operations until fall. He urges continued patronage to the new firm.
D W Henke, contractor for the Masonic temple in Chillicothe, was in town on business Tuesday and Wednesday. The notice advertises Hagee's Cordial of Cod Liver Oil as a summer remedy for stomach and blood disorders, highlighting safety for households with children and its pleasant, greasy-free tastiness.
Help needed for general work at a restaurant in Athens Ohio. Apply to J. W. Pickett in Athens for details.
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